Hamburg, December 23,2008 – The Supervisory Board of Conergy AG hasappointed Dr. Andreas von Zitzewitz (48) starting January 1,2009 as a member of the Board.In this position he will be responsible for the Production, Purchasing and Supply Chain departments as well as the Components Division.Von Zitzewitz, who has been withConergy Solarmodule GmbH since March 1, 2008, has been managing the Components Division, with the areas of Development, Production and Marketing of modules, inverters and mounting systems, and he will continue in this position.He will take over his new area of responsibility of Purchasing and Supply Chain from Philip von Schmeling, who, as Chief Sales Officer (CSO), will then concentrate exclusively on the area of sales, which is becoming increasingly important to Conergy, and marketing.
“We are pleased to have Andreas von Zitzewitz on the Board; he is a proven expert in Production, Purchasing and Supply Chain. Together with his team, Mr. von Zitzewitz has made an important contribution in the last ten months to the successful ramp-up in Frankfurt (Oder) as well as to the carve out of voltwerk electronics GmbH (inverters) and Mounting Systems GmbH (mounting systems),” said Dieter Ammer, Chairman of the Board of Conergy AG.
About Conergy
Since its founding in 1998, Hamburg-based Conergy AG has sold more than a gigawatt in renewable energy, making it one of the biggest European suppliers of solar energy and other renewable energies, and a world leader in solar system integration. Of the one gigawatt in renewable energies, Conergy has installed more than 400 megawatts in its major projects. Of the total one gigawatt, 200 megawatts falls to its wind energy park projects and 800 to its globally marketed solar modules. According to the German Solar Industry Association (BSW) this is just under a fifth of the entire installed photovoltaic output in Germany. Calculative one in ten modules worldwide was produced, sold or installed by Conergy.
Listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange since 2005, the group pursues a global growth strategy, the company now produces, installs and designs solar power systems and wind turbines in around 20 countries. The Conergy Group is represented with its own branches on five continents. For more information, visit www.conergy.com. |